Tag: Olympics

One-on-one with Grant Hill: Why build Team USA like this? He had one big worry

PARIS — When LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant so publicly committed to playing for Team USA at the Olympics nearly one...

How Olympians stay relevant – and benefit financially – before 2028 LA Games

Since the 2024 Paris Olympics got underway, the eyes of the world have been trained on the thousands of competing athletes.Whether it is...

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Femke Bol advance to 400m hurdles final, setting up epic showdown

SAINT-DENIS, France — The showdown is set in the women’s 400-meter hurdles. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone cruised to Thursday’s final with a time of 52.13...

Meet the Olympic handballer who couldn't stay awake: ‘I can sleep everywhere’

Jim Gottfridsson may not be a household name, but search his name online and you’ll discover his distinguished handball career.The Swedish center back...

Rana Reider: Canada revokes coach's Olympics accreditation amid sexual abuse allegations

Rana Reider, a coach of Olympic champion sprinters Andre De Grasse and Lamont Marcell Jacobs, has had his accreditation for the Paris Games...

Meet Amit Elor, the most dominant Olympic athlete you might not know

PARIS — Chances are, you’ve never heard of Amit Elor.You don’t know that the 20-year-old American entered these Olympic games as the gold-medal...